Kickstarter Update — $1185 pledged!

Blast from the past — here’s our keynote speaker for the first Kriti festival,Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Doesn’t she look all writerly? She gave such a gracious keynote talk, highlighting all the younger desi writers she thought were doing exciting work in 2005. Manil Suri is going to have to work hard to match her! 

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We’re up to $1185 pledged of our $3000 goal, with just 7 days to go. The funds will enable us to hire a professional videographer, and also bring out an agent and an editor to the festival. If you can help spread the word, that would be super-helpful. There are some fun rewards at the various levels (dinner with me and the Guests of Honor, critiques, book bundles, tote bags and posters, etc.), but mostly, this is a great way for people to help support desi arts and literature.